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Ref.: 42 to 71/M/2020-21 dated 01st June 2020

To,

Sri Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Hon’ble of Andhra Pradesh, 1st Floor, Building-I, Velagapudi, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh Email:[email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of The CM Secretariat, CM Bungalow, Niti Vihar,,791111 Arunachal Pradesh [email protected]

Sri Hon’ble Chief Minister of CM Block, Janata Bhawan, Dispur, Assam, 781006 Email: [email protected]

Sri Hon’ble Chief Minister of 4, Desh Ratna Marg, , Bihar - 800 001. Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Shri Hon'ble Chief Minister of ,, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur,492001, Chhattisgarh. E-Mail ID : [email protected]

Shri , Hon’bel Cheif Minister of , 3rd level, Delhi Secretariat, IP Estate, -110002 mail at: [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , Chief Minister Office, House No. 12/182 Khorlim- Mapusa, Panaji,403507 Email [email protected]

Shri Hon’be Chief Minister of , 3rd floor, Swarnim Sankul – 1, New Sachivalay, Sector 10, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Email Id: [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana Civil Secretariat, 4th floor, Sector 1, -160001 Email. :[email protected]

Shri Jairam Thakur Hon’ble Chief Minister of , Room No. E-100, Armsdale Building, HP Secretariat, Shimla-171002. Himachal Pradesh. [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister Ranchi, cm.jharkhand.gov.in / [email protected]

Sri B. S. Yeddyurappa Hon’ble Chief Minister, 204, 2nd Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Ambedkar Vidi, Bengaluru,560001 [email protected] / [email protected]

Shri Vijayan Hon’ble Chief Minister of 141, 3rd Floor, North Block Government Secretariat – 695001 [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minsiter of Arera Hills, MP Nagar, Jahangirabad, -462008 cm[at]mp[dot]nic[dot]in / [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , 6th floor, Main Building, Mantralaya - 400032 [email protected]

Shri N.Biren Singh Hon’ble Chief Minister of Manipur CM Office, 4th Floor, Western Block, New Secretariat,Imphal,795001 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Shri Conrad Kongkal Sangma Hon’ble Chief Minister of Meghalaya CM Office, Room No 401, Yojna Bhawan, Shillong,797001 [email protected] / [email protected]

Shri Pu Hon’ble Chief Minister of , Chief Ministers Bungalow, Mc Donald Hill, Zarkawt, ,796001 [email protected].

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , Nagaland CM Office, New Secretariat Complex, ,797001 [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha CM Office,Grievance Cell, Qrs No VIII-DS-I,Unit V, Bhubanesewar,751001 [email protected]

Shri V. Narayanasamy Chief Minister of Puducherry Puducherry CM Office, No. 9, Vinayagar Koil Street, Thilaspet,Puducherry,605009 [email protected]

Capt. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab, Room No.1, 2nd floor, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Sector 1, Chandigarh,160001 [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , CM Office, Secretariat, Jaipur,302005 [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , Sikkim CM Office, Secretariat,Tashiling, Gangtok,737101 [email protected]

Thiru K Palaniswami Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-600 009 [email protected]

Shri Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana, Telangana CM Office, Secretariat, Khairatabad, Hyderabad,500022 [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura CM Office, ,799001 [email protected]

Shri Chief Minister of , Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan, ,226001 Uttar Pradesh. [email protected]

Shri Hon’ble Chief Minister of , 4 Subash Road, Uttarakhand Secretariat, Fourth Floor, New Building, ,248001 [email protected]

Kumari Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal, NABANNA, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Shibpur,Howrah,711102 [email protected]

Respected Sir/Madam, Sub.; Request from Construction Industry.

Builders’ Association of India (BAI), estd., in 1941, is the Apex Body of Indian Construction Industry, having about 20,000 Construction Companies as its members, with around 180 Centres or Branches spread throughout the country. BAI acts as a bridge between the Government and Construction Industry on policy advocacy of the Government and contribute to the economic development of the country.

As you are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown enforced in the Country over the last 2 months has caused severe disruptions to the human life like never before and has adversely affected or in fact brought to standstill all spheres of economic activity in the Country. The Infrastructure industry has been no exception and has suffered severe disruption and losses. The Finance Minister of the Govt. of India as part of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharath’ to provide succour and relief to various sectors of the Industry that have been adversely affected has provided Financial Packages for revival of the Industrial sector. As a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharath the MORT&H has notified the following measures for providing relief to the Contractors/ Road developers of Road sector. (i) Schedule-H condition in EPC Contracts to be relaxed to enable payments at monthly interval for the work completed as per specifications (ii) To allow extension of time to contractors under Force Majeure Clause due to COVID pandemic as per instructions in Ref. No. F.18/4/2020-PPD of Department of Expenditure and in accordance with Contract. (iii) Direct payments to approved subcontractors by the Departmental authority towards works done by them wherever competent authority is satisfied that it is required for early completion of work in accordance with contract. (iv) Expeditious approval of change of scope whenever required and payment to the extent of work executed as per specification. (v) Waiver of penalty of delay in submission of Performance Security / Bank Guarantee for new contracts entered into during March 2020 to September 2020, (vi) Performance Security provided by contractor/supplier to be returned by the Contractor (Government Department/Agency) as is proportional to the supplies made/contract work completed as per amendment to GFR 171 issued vide F.18/4/2020-PPDby Department of Expenditure. (vii) Retention Money deducted by the Employer/ Bank Guarantees provided by Contractor/Supplier in lieu of release of retention Money returned to the Contractor (Government Department/Agency) as is proportional to the Supplies made/Contract work completed. Though this measure has not been announced by GOI, they are being requested to consider the same.

The above relief measures notified by the GOI/ MoRT&H may be extended to the Contractors/Suppliers executing the Road works, Irrigation works and other Infrastructure works being undertaken by the State Govt./ State Govt. floated PSU’s.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Mu. Moahan, President, Builders’ Association of India